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J. L. MACKEY. FOLDING TABLE. APPLICATION FILED SEPT 3.19MB

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JOSEPH L. MAGKEY, or FOWLER, ILLINOIS.

I FOLDING TABLE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented J 1111 24, 1919.

Application filed September 3, 1918. 1 Serial N 0. 252,364.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Josnrri L. MACKEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Fowler, in the county of Adams,State of Illinois, haveinvented .a new and useful Folding Table; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

This invention relates to an improved foldable table, and one of theobjects of the invention is to provide a simple, efficient and practicaldevice of this kind, which may be manufactured for a small cost and soldat a reasonable profit.

A further object of the invention is the provision of improved means forpivotally uniting the table top on the table pedestal, said means havinglimiting means to limit the table top in its horizontal position.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved adjustablepedestal.

A further object of the invention is the provision of means for holdingthe table top in dilferent adjusted positions and closed. I

In practical fields the details of construction may necessitatealterations falling within the scope of what is claimed.

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts ashereinafter set forth shown in the drawings and claimed.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of the improvedtable constructed in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view through the same.

Fig. 3 is a detail perspective View of the pivotal connection meansbetween the pedestal and the table top.

Fig. 1 is a view in front elevation of the pivotal connection means.

Referring more especially to the drawings, 1 designates the pedestal asa whole, which comprises a tubular section 2 and a base section 3. Saidbase section comprises a tubular body 4, into which the tubular section2 telescopes, and is secured by the set screw 5. Suitable legs 6 dependfrom the tubular body, to support the pedestal on the flooring. Theupper end of the tubular section 2 is split, and the split parts 7 arebent laterally and have their outer ends terminating in upturned ears 8,between which ant elongated block 9 L-shaped in. cross section issecured by the screws 10. Apivot rod or pin 11 is mounted in bearings ofthe ears 8 and pivoted upon the rod or pin 11 are the ears 12 of aU-shaped plate 13. This U-shaped plate is secured by screws 14: to anelongated block 15, which is L-shaped in cross section. The elongatedblock 15 is in turn secured by screws 16 to a suitable table top 17, onwhich any suitable work may be performed and supported. It is obviousfrom an examination of the drawings that when the table top 17 is in ahorizontal positiomthe portion 18 of the Lshaped block 15 contacts withthe elongated block 9, as shown clearly in Fig. 2, to limit the tabletop in said horizontal position. When the table top is closed as shownin dotted lines at 19 it contacts with the upper enlarged end of thebody 4: of the pedestal, as shown at 20, thereby folding the table topsubstantially parallel with the section 2 of the pedestal. A loop 21projects from the side of the section 2 of the pedestal. A segment rod22 is pivoted at 23 between the ears of a bracket or holder 24, which iscarried in any suitable manner by the under face of the table top. Thissegment bar 22 passes through the loop 21 and is provided with rackteeth 25, anyone of which may engage the lower horizontal portion 26 ofthe loop 21, so as to hold the table top in dif ierent adjustedpositions. WVhen the table top 17 is closed, one of the teeth 25 nearestthe pivot 23 may engage the lower part of the loop 21 to hold the tabletop closed. A suitable receptacle, box or drawer 27 is pivoted at 28 tothe under surface of the table top and may be swung outwardly from underthe top, for the reception of articles to be stored therein. The tabletop 17 has depending from its under surface a pair of axially alinedguide eyes 29, in which a rod 30 is guided. A. nut 31 is threaded to oneend of the rod to engage one of the guide eyes, to limit the rodradially in its outward movement. The outer end of the rod terminates ina circular ring 32, for the reception of a shaving lather receptacle 33or similar receptacle. When the receptacle is not in use, the rod may bemoved radially inwardly, disposing the receptacle under the table top.

The invention having been set forth What is claimed as new and useful is-In a foldable table, the combination With an extensible pedestal havinga tubular section, the upper ends of Which being split cross sectionsecured to the under face of the table top and to Which said U-shapedplate is secured, whereby When the table top is moved to a horizontalposition, the adjacent parts of said L-shaped block will contact andlimit the table top in its position horizontally, and means for holdingthe table top 'in difi'erent adjusted positions.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of tWo subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH L. MAGKEY.

Witnesses:

W. L. VLAR, O. S. VIAR.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe "Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0.

